Discussing the Islamic State on Twitter / / Matteo Colombo and Luigi Curini

• Autore: Colombo Matteo
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (160 pages)
• Disciplina: 297.14
• Soggetto topico: Mass media and propaganda; Propaganda àrab - lemac
• Persona (resp. second.): CuriniLuigi
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Abstract -- 1.1 A Territorial Organisation with a Global Outreach -- 1.2 A Perspective Change on the Communication Strategy of the Islamic State -- 1.3 Sources for Support and Opposition -- 1.4 The Importance of Events Unfolding: From Peak to Defeat -- 1.5 Book Overview -- 1.5.1 Note on Transliteration from Modern Standard Arabic -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 The Research Methodology -- Abstract -- 2.1 Social Media, Twitter, and IS -- 2.2 The Database -- 2.3 The Algorithm -- 2.4 The Training-Set Preparation -- Appendix 2.1: List of Keywords Employed in the Twitter-Query -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 Detecting the Sentiment Toward IS and Its Evolution -- Abstract -- 3.1 Focusing on the Audience of Terrorist Propaganda -- 3.2 Coding the Sentiment -- 3.3 Cross-Validation -- 3.4 The Support for IS in the Arabic-Speaking Twitter-Sphere -- 3.5 The Sentiment Through IS's History Phases -- 3.6 The Impact of Online Censorship and Other Factors on the Sentiment Toward IS -- 3.7 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 A Thematic Study of the Topics in the Pro-IS and Anti-IS Tweets -- Abstract -- 4.1 The Goals of IS Propaganda and Twitter -- 4.1.1 Marketing the Caliphate -- 4.1.2 Broadcasting Victories -- 4.1.3 Attracting an Audience -- 4.2 Method and Results: Why Supporting IS -- 4.3 Opposing IS: The Discourse in the Anti-IS Community -- 4.4 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 The Enemy of My Enemy? Hostility and Sectarian Discourse Between Pro-IS and Anti-IS Arabic-Speaking Twitter Users -- Abstract -- 5.1 Dangerous Discourses: The Ideological Premises of Violence and the Role of the Building Blocks -- 5.2 The First Building Block: "The Fight Between the Sunnis and Their Enemies Is of a Religious Nature". ; 5.3 The Second Building Block: "Anti-Shia Sectarian Discourse" -- 5.4 Conclusion -- Appendix 5.1 List of Anti-Shia Sectarian Keywords -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6 Conclusion -- Abstract -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Discussing the Islamic State on Twitter
• ISBN: 3-031-07071-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910595035903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Middle East Today